Habitat and Season
The mushroom lives in Europe. The fool's mushroom is known to grow in woodlands and hardwood forests.
As the fool's mushroom other name (spring destroying angel) suggests, this toxic amanita grows in spring.
Unlike various closely related poisonous amanitas, this mushroom is not known to occur in North America.
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